Historical Understanding of the Position of Women in the Timurid Court according to Clavijo's Itinerary

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

leila mohammadi ¹ (Department of History Islamic Azad University Abhar Branch)

Received: 2021-01-30 Accepted : 2021-09-09 Published : 1921-10-23

Keywords: Women, Timurid, Clothing, Clavijo,

Abstract :

Identifying developments, changes, and continuities of women's status is an important indicator for understanding the social status of women in a society and representing and disseminating their values and social status throughout history.Itineraries are important sources of understanding one society’s political, social, economic, and cultural history. The evaluation of social relations in a society is one of the most important issues for itinerary writers; this, apart from gender bias, provides a clear picture of daily lives of women and their experiences that are neglected in most sources and texts. The itineraries from Timurid period provide important information about social history especially about women of harem.The purpose of this study is to assess social status of women of Timurid dynasty according to Clavijo itinerary. The preset study, thus, seeks to understand and visualize the social status, considerations, and conditions of women in the Timurid court. The main question of the present study is: how was the social status of women of Tmurid dynasty? This study is a descriptive-analytical one and the data are collected from library sources.